(January 27, 2015) Ottawa – Wrestling Canada Lutte has announced the team-members competing January 28-31 at the 2015 Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA and January 31-February 1 at the 2015 Grand Prix of Paris in France.

“As our team looks towards the 2015 Canadian Championships, an event that will largely decide the top athletes heading to this summer’s Pan Am Games, the competition experience and performances become all too important,“ says Wrestling Canada Lutte Executive Director Tamara Medwidsky. “As our athletes head out internationally in 2015, we are always mindful of the road to TO2015 and Rio 2016.”

The Colorado Springs event is a tournament representing the spirit of friendship, sportsmanship and goodwill that the late American wrestler Dave Schultz exemplified. Twenty nine athletes will be supported by a coaching and medical staff. Leading the team will be 2014 Commonwealth Games Champions Korey Jarvis (125 kg), Arjun Gill (97 kg) and 2010 Commonwealth Games Champion Justine Bouchard. Among the other team-members are 2014 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos (63 kg).

In Paris, the small team is led by two-time Olympian Haislan Garcia (08, 12) who will be joined by John Pineda, Manjot Sandhu, Shawn Daye-Finley and Samantha Stewart. The event will take place at the Palais des sports « Robert Charpentier » and will be followed by a training camp.

A complete list of entries and coaches follows:

2015 Dave Schultz Memorial International Team

Women (FW)
48 kg – Annie Monteith, Natasha Kramble, Genevieve Morrison
53 kg – Madison Parks, Brianne Barry, Cara Nania
55 kg – Cierra Carere
58 kg – Kathleen Kent, Justine Bouchard
63 kg – Stacie Anaka, Larissa D’Alleva, Celeste Contant-Rodrigues, Braxton Papadopoulos, Jazmyne Barker
69 kg – Justina Di Stasio, Breanne Graham, Hilary Goble

Men’s Freestyle (FS)
57 kg – Steven Takahashi, Dylan Bray
70 kg – Kevin Iwasa-Madge
74 kg – Ryan Lue, Ryan Myrfield
86 kg – Jasmit Phulka
97 kg – Arjun Gill
125 kg – Korey Jarvis

Event Schedule (local time)

Thursday, January 29
9:00 am – Session I
4:00 pm – Session II
GR: 59 KG, 66 KG, 71 KG, 75 KG, 80 KG, 85 KG, 98 KG, 130 KG

Friday, January 30
9:00 am – Session I
4:00 pm – Session II
FS: 57 KG, 61 KG, 65 KG, 70 KG, 74 KG, 86 KG, 97 KG, 125 KG

Saturday, January 31
9:00 am – Session I
2:30 pm – Session II
FW: 48 KG, 53 KG, 55 KG, 58 KG, 60 KG, 63 KG, 69 KG, 75 KG

All three days of the event will be broadcast by Flowrestling on its Flo Pro platform.

2015 Grand Prix of Paris Team

Women (FW)
55 kg – Samantha Stewart

Men’s Freestyle (FS)
57 kg – John Pineda
65 kg – Haislan Garcia
76 kg – Shawn Daye-Finley
97 kg – Manjot Sandhu

Event Schedule (local time)

Saturday, January 31
10:00 – 5:00 pm – qualifications FW 48, 55, 60, 69; FS 57, 65, 74, 97 kg
5:00 – 7:30 pm – finals

Sunday, February 1
10:00 – 5:00 pm – qualifications FW 53, 58, 63, 75; FS 61, 70, 86, 125 kg
5:00 – 7:30 pm – finals

Webstreaming will be available at: www.fflutte.com or www.unitedworldwrestling.org/event/grand-prix-of-paris-0